Singapore’s office rents have a long way to go before matching Hong Kong’s, even after half a dozen of mainland China’s largest technology behemoths piled into the city state in recent months to set ... ( read original story ...)
The Best Countries to Start a Business
The average number of days to start a business in New Zealand, for example, was just half a day, while in Georgia it was one day, and in Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada it was 1.5 days. In some of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property start-ups seek capital boost in anticipation of post-Covid-19 market rebound
Last year, theDesk entered into a profit-sharing agreement with Kerry Hotel in Hong Kong, part of the Shangri-la hotel group, to occupy 6,600 square feet of space to cater to business travellers and ... ( read original story ...)
Storm over M+ museum: Is Beijing targeting Hong Kong art scene, or is it just politicians looking to score points?
Critics have attacked landmark museum for years, but national security law is their new weapon. Observers disagree over Beijing’s hand in criticism of art works that ‘spread hatred towards China’ ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy: Beijing will struggle to make proud, feisty city bend its knee
Another way of looking at it is to just stay out of politics and the ways of government and get on with your business. That would be fine were it not for the fact that this is not how I, or several ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong startup raises $920,000 for electric boat motors
BEIJING -- ePropulsion Technology, a Hong Kong-based startup that makes electric motors for small boats, has raised more than 100 million yuan ($921,000) in a Series B funding round led by Shenzhen ... ( read original story ...)
My Hong Kong is now a paradise lost
Hong Kong’s students are idealistic ... They set up tents on the main streets in the Central, the business district, to get the attention of the public. Life outside the Central seemed as normal as it ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong university expresses regret after lecturer refuses to bend online exam rules for student in Myanmar
Student at Education University of Hong Kong wrote to teacher asking for flexible arrangements for test, citing internet blackouts. ( read original story ...)
Here are six Hong Kong buildings and sites missing out on preservation
Hong Kong has a long industrial history but factory buildings are ... A spokesperson for the factory said the company had been focusing on the flour business and had no comment on any possible future ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong executives choose China Covid vaccine to get mainland visas
Hong Kong executives, including expats, are opting to take China’s Sinovac vaccine over the more effective BioNTech/Pfizer shot in the hope it will speed up visa and re-entry procedures for mainland ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: workers from Hong Kong’s pubs, karaoke bars and mahjong parlours start hunger strike demanding authorities allow them to reopen business
Workers from Hong Kong's pubs, karaoke bars and mahjong parlours have started ... He said they were hoping to hand in a petition to legislators on the final day, when Legco business resumed. Pubs, ... ( read original story ...)
Wrong coronavirus vaccine given to Hong Kong cancer patient in ‘jaw dropping’ bungle
Hong Kong BioNTech vaccine bookings resume after 12-day suspension ... adding the physician advised him not to proceed for the second Sinovac shot and just start over with the BioNTech vaccine. But ... ( read original story ...)
After best-ever start to a year, $49 billion Asia IPO boom likely to taper off
Asian companies, like their global peers, notched their best first quarter for listings ever, thanks to a flood of liquidity during the pandemic, super-low interest rates, and rallying stock markets. ( read original story ...)
Inside the HQ of the Chinese cyber ransom gang: It looks like a trendy start-up but they take over computers – then charge a fortune to unlock them
The FBI issued a wanted poster last September featuring the faces of five APT41 members wanted for questioning over a string of raids in the US, UK, Australia and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)